Safety hitching device.



No. 705,629. Patented July 29, I902.

Y L. H. ABBEE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LESLIE H. ABBEE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

'SAFETY Hl'l'CHlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFIOATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 705,629, dated July 29, 1902.

Application filed November 12, 1901, Serial No. 82,049. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, LESLIE H. ABBEE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Hitching Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and,

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate the body of the device, which is provided with a base-plate 5, having two downwardly-inclined apertured extensions 5' and two separated upright parts 5. The upper extremities of the parts 5 are provided with openings which are engaged by the extremities of a pin 6, upon which a camlever is fulcrumed or movably mounted. This lever is provided with two arms 7*, having openings within their upper extremities through which the fulcrum-pin passes. The arms 7 of the lever are located adjacent the parts 5 of the body part, and the space between the arms is closed in front or at the right(s ee Fig. 2) bya transverse part 7 and at the bottom by a part7. A thumb-piece 7 g projects upwardlyfrom the part 7 and thence rearwardly above the pin 6. The part 7 is fulcrumed above the center of the arm 7 whereby it performs the function of a cam.

This device is adapted for use with a hitching or holding strap of any kind. Its use is illustrated in Fig. 2- The strap 8 is passed through the openings in the parts 5, passed when the strap is not in place.

' around a post or other suitable stationary device or-through a holding-ring attached to a support, and passed thence forwardlybetween the bottom of the cam and the part 5 of the body part. A spring 9, coiled around the pin, normally holds the cam tightly upon the strap and preventsit-smovement in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrowsin Figs- 1 and 2, but allows it to be moved freely in the opposite direction. One extremity of the spring is fastened to one of the parts 5, as shown at A, while the other part is connected with the cam, as shown at B. The extremity A of the spring occupies a position in the rear of the part 7" of the cam and prevents its rearward movement under its influence of the spring farther than is necessary The part S of the strap is connected with a horse or other animal to behitched or held. It is evident that a pull on the part S" of the strap draws it tightly around the post or hitchingring.

This is also true of a pull on the part 8 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A hitching or holding device comprising a body part having a base-plate,provided with two downwardly-inclined apertured exten-- sions located at the front and rear respectively, two separated upright parts having openingsintheir upper extremities,a fulcrumpin engaging said openings, and a cam-lever mounted on the arm and provided with two separated. parts having openings through which the pin passes, the space between the upright parts being closed in front and at the and connected with the body part at one extremity, and the cam at the opposite extremity, the spring being arranged to form a stop against the movement of the cam rearwardly strap passed above the base-plate, the said farther than is necessary, substantially as decam-lever being provided with an extension scribed. forming a thumb-piece, substantially as de- 3. Inadevice of the class (lescribedflhe comscribed and for the purpose set forth.

5 bination of a body part having a base-plate, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature I5 and apertured extensions below the base-plate in presence of two Witnesses. andlocated atit-s opposite extremities,the said LESLIE I-I. ABBEE. plate being provided with upright parts or Witnesses:

A. J. OBRIEN.

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